Podman Desktop engine version stuck at 5.5.0 despite engine running 5.5.1

[idev-github]

Bug description

Podman Desktop shows an “Update to 5.5.1” button and displays the engine version as 5.5.0 in the engine info box. However, both the host podman CLI and the podman machine engine are running version 5.5.1.

Operating system

macOS 15.5 (24F74)

Installation Method

Brew (macOS)

Version

1.19.2

Steps to reproduce

1. Upgrade podman via Homebrew to version 5.5.1 (brew upgrade podman).
2. Confirm podman --version on host returns 5.5.1.
3. SSH into podman machine VM and confirm podman --version is 5.5.1.
4. Identify the engine socket Podman Desktop connects to, e.g.: /var/folders/.../.../T/podman/podman-machine-default-api.sock
5. Run: podman --url unix:///var/folders/.../.../T/podman/podman-machine-default-api.sock version which reports client and server both at 5.5.1.

Despite this, Podman Desktop UI still shows engine version as 5.5.0 and prompts to update to 5.5.1.

Expected behavior: Podman Desktop engine info box should display the correct engine version (5.5.1) and not prompt to update if already on the latest version.

Relevant log output

Additional context

• Clearing all caches in ~/Library/Application Support/Podman Desktop did not resolve the stale version display.
• Podman Desktop is connecting to the correct engine socket.
• The issue appears to be stale internal metadata or a UI caching bug.

Please investigate this mismatch and fix the UI version detection or cache invalidation.

[benoitf]

hello, if you use type podman, where is installed podman ?

I would suppose you've two versions of Podman being installed

one in /opt/podman/bin (installer's version) and one in /opt/homebrew/bin/ (brew)

[odockal]

@idev-github Fyi, Podman is not recommending using the homebrew (https://podman.io/docs/installation#macos), because exactly these problems.

[odockal]

Related issue with version mismatch: https://github.com/podman-desktop/podman-desktop/issues/4215